The Crack that Lets the Light In

We’ll all be long gone before all of that other doomsday crap happens. Man-made earthbound problems will make us extinct before the solar system blinks out. Doubtful that we have more than a few hundred years…maybe 500 or so before we collapse and die off.

I’m such a ray of sunshine, I know. Point is that it’s all a matter of dubious academic value as to how the universe blinks out as we’ll all be long gone…even if we transplant ourselves somehow or somewhere else.

All of these debates keep theoretical astrophysicists employed. He’ll, we can’t even agree on global warming and what to do about it, if anything could be done to delay or stop the inevitable.

The point I was making was that this illustration of how the universe works illustrates that we are not important in the scheme of things.

Im not sure where you want to wind up, but my atheism is based on a lack of any kind of observable evidence from which theism or even agnostic theism can be concluded.
without a god' is a ;ifestyle choice that is stronglt supported by evedine and science,

all these stories about divine intercession are usually sworn to by one individual who, seems to extend the story hes been handed,

show some factual evidence that sacred writing is even worth consideration.
Im agnostic in myworldview, but atheistic when it coms to actual belief.

I do not see enough unambiguous evidence upon which to base a meaningful guess in either direction on whether any gods exist or not...so I don't.

you. like me , live as an atheist but confess to a lack of knowledge on anny onclusion between the two .

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I do not see enough unambiguous evidence upon which to base a meaningful guess in either direction on whether any gods exist or not...so I don't.

Heres where we part some company. I am convinced that theevidence ofevolution, orin of life, and theoccurences on rt (like the 5 major extintions and13 or so minor ones do NOT support thepossible existence of gods.(Unless they are so transcendent so as to be useless in their own xistence. ANYWY, ere bot right, atheism, in its purest state i not areal belief statement its a choic to live"Without gods'

Atheism does not really have to be justified. In the absence of any magic whatsoever; in the light of science and common sense, it's the natural way to be.

All I have to say is … God bless the Atheists.

If there are no gods...fine. Then that is the way nature goes.

If there is at least one god...also fine. Then that is the way the god decided nature would go

you havent spent 43 years in the field or the lab, your position is that you must dismiss educatio to maintainf aworldview,

Ragman wrote:

All I have to say is … God bless the Atheists.

I almost wrote "I fail to understand why atheism rankles people," but in fact I do know. It's based in the territorial bent of the human animal, just like war and racism. It feeds off the most elemental spark of self, an obsession that mostly cannot be educated away. Some have evolved enough to understand it. Others not.